Thinking about thinking: changes in first-year medical students' metacognition and its relation to performance.

CONCLUSIONS: The improvement in students' metacognitive regulation and the moderate correlation between knowledge and regulation of metacognition with academic performance at the end of the academic year indicate the probable positive influence of the teaching and learning activities in the medical program. PMID: 26314338 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26314338?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Education Online - September 1, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Educ Online Source Type: research